Cybernetic Avatar Platform for Supporting Social Activities of All People

Abstract

Some people have difficulty participating in social activities due to COVID-19 or other factors such as age, physical or cognitive state, appearance, and gender hindrance. We propose a concept of active social participation with cybernetic avatars (CAs) that are tele-operated robots and CG agents. We also propose the CA platform, which is a software platform that connects CAs and tele-operators, to make it easier for people in various locations to participate in society using CAs. In this paper, we propose three types of CAs and connection methods for CAs and environment sensors to the CA platform for assisting tele-operators to achieve active social participation in Avatar Symbiotic Society.